Premier of South Australia (GA779)

The Premier is the Government's first Minister, and more recently, the Leader of the Governing party. The title of Premier has always been used to describe the leader of the government in the South Australian Parliament, but it was not a formal portfolio position until the formation of the Department of Premier in 1965 (1).

The first Premier gazetted as such was Francis Henry Walsh, on 18 March 1965 (2).

Gazetted Premiers since 1965 are:
- Francis Walsh (Labor) 18 March 1965 - 1 June 1967
- Donald Dunstan (Labor) 1 June 1967 - 16 April 1968
- Raymond (Steele) Hall (Liberal) 17 April 1968 - 2 June 1970
- Donald Dunstan (Labor) 2 June 1970 - 15 February 1979
- James Desmond (Des) Corcoran (Labor) 15 February 1979 - 18 September 1979
- David Tonkin (Liberal) 18 September 1979 - 10 November 1982
- John Bannon (Labor) 10 November 1982 - 4 September 1992
- Lynn Arnold (Labor) 4 September 1992 - 14 December 1993
- Dean Brown (Liberal) 14 December 1992 - 28 November 1996
- John Olsen (Liberal) 28 November 1996 - 22 October 2001
- Rob Kerin (Liberal) 22 October 2001 - 5 March 2002
- Michael Rann (Labor) 5 March 2002 - 21 October 2011
- Jay Weatherill (Labor) 21 October 2011 - 19 March 2018
- Steven Marshall (Liberal) 19 March 2018 - 21 March 2022
- Peter Malinauskas (Labor) 21 March 2022 - current (3)

Sources:
(1) Parliament of South Australia website - Premiers of South Australia http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Members/Ministers/Pages/PremiersofSouthAustralia.aspx accessed 08/07/2013
(2) South Australian Government Gazette, 18 March 1965, p. 622.
(3) South Australian Government Gazette, 21 March 2022, p. 890